Hawley Police Jail

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The Hawley Police Jail is located at 319 6Th Street in Hawley, MN and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hawley Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the Hawley Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Clay County court records, and much much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Hawley Police Jail
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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you’ll need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Hawley Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hawley Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who are in jail, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info about anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Hawley Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Hawley Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you have to answer some basic questions, such as your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge needs to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged between 9am and noon.

Hawley Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list information about each visitor to the Hawley Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put in the log for the inmate. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Hawley Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the official Hawley Police Jail at 218-483-4666 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Hawley Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Hawley Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Hawley Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hawley Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Hawley Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Hawley Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Clay County court website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Clay County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a case file that contains a docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Hawley Police Jail inmates could change, so check the Hawley Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hawley Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Hawley Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 218-483-4666 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Hawley Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Hawley Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 218-483-4666

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits off of all of the inmate phone calls are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Hawley Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Hawley Police Jail, click the link below.

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